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FinTech Ecosystem in South Africa: Accelerating the Digital Transformation of Banking & Financial Services
4.9.2019
Johannesburg, South Africa: Africa’s financial services landscape continues its dynamic evolution as the rapid growth of FinTech on the continent drives both the disruption and leapfrogging of legacy systems and further accelerates the digital transformation of financial services. Digital...
AlphaCode of South Africa Invests $1.5 Million in Three Domestic Fintech Startups
4.9.2019
The growth in technological innovation and the easy availability of cheap internet has made it possible for Fintech to grow at a breakneck pace over the past few years. The Fintech industry has become one of the biggest disruptors in the financial sector over the past half a decade and it...
Samsung Files Patent for ‘Programmable Blockchain Solid State Drive’
3.9.2019
South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung wants to patent a blockchain-enabled SSD system
South Korea’s Kakao May List Its Klay Token on Chinese Exchange
3.9.2019
South Korean internet giant Kakao reportedly plans to list its Klay token on a Chinese crypto exchange and one local exchange
South Korea’s Kakao May List Its Klay Cryptocurrency on Chinese Exchange
2.9.2019
The government may not allow the coin to trade on a domestic exchange so it will look to other countries
North Korea Denies It Stole $2 Billion From Crypto Exchanges and Banks
1.9.2019
North Korea denies the theft of $2 billion from banks and crypto exchanges, says that the U.S. and other hostile forces are spreading rumors
South Korean ArtBloc to Sell David Hockney Paintings via Blockchain
31.8.2019
South Korean project ArtBloc to sell David Hockney paintings using blockchain
Samsung Galaxy S10 Now Supports Stablecoins: TrueUSD, Maker, USD Coin
30.8.2019
South Korean tech giant Samsung expands its Galaxy S10 with three stablecoins such as TrueUSD, Maker and USD Coin
Safcoin Crypto Goes Pink to Lend Support to CANSA For Cancer Awareness
30.8.2019
CANSA, the Cancer Association of South Africa, and Safcoin, the African digital currency, have come together to launch the first-ever drive, titled Crypto Pink Friday, for raising cervical cancer and breast cancer awareness as August is considered women’s month. In addition to this awareness drive...
Korea’s SFC Chair Nominee Intends to Maintain Go-Slow Approach to Crypto
28.8.2019
Eun Sung-soo made reformist comments but he was still cautious about crypto and offered no boost to the sector
South Korea’s BC Card Is Using KT’s Blockchain for Rewards Settlement
27.8.2019
The company says that the process has been made significantly more efficient
Africa’s Biggest Bank Standard Bank Signs Fintech Deal to Target Small Shops
27.8.2019
Over the past half a decade or so, the Fintech Industry has grown at a remarkably high pace, and now it is rapidly growing in almost all continents. Africa may have been late to get into this revolution, but now a range of Fintech firms have come about that provide a wide range of services...
Hong Kong’s HashKey Capital Invests in Terra’s Mining Token
26.8.2019
It is the eighth funding event in thirteen months using the mining token
Are South Korean Exchanges Preparing a Delistings Purge?
26.8.2019
South Korea’s biggest exchanges are looking to slim down their listings – with a slew of delistings possibly on the cards at the country’s “big four” platforms.
Per a report from Fn News, Upbit is set to delist the Sphere (SPHR), Edgeless (EDG) and Guppy (GUP) cryptocurrencies, and will likely...
Bithumb Exchange Is Launching Listing Committee for Cryptocurrency
24.8.2019
South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb to roll out a new committee in September. The committee will monitor the markets and decide which cryptocurrencies are feasible to trade online As per the reports, the committee came into motion on Aug. 22. This committee will keep a check on the listings of...
Largest South Korean Exchange to Review Listings and Boot Failing Coins
23.8.2019
Bithumb will assemble a committee to periodically review its listed cryptocurrencies, becoming the second exchange in Korea to update its listing policies
Iconloop Signs Deal With Art Site to Create Record of Ownership
22.8.2019
The works include five by Lee Ufan, founder of the avant-garde School of Things, and three works of Whanki Kim, an early abstract artist in Korea
Major Banks Back $7.4 Million Funding Round for Korean Blockchain Firm
22.8.2019
Blocko, a blockchain firm working on enterprise applications of the tech, says it's raised $7.44 million from investors including Shinhan Bank
Samsung-Backed Blockchain Startup Raises $7.5M from Shinhan Bank
22.8.2019
Samsung-backed blockchain startup Blockco raised $7.5 million in a funding round from the likes of Shinhan Bank and KEB Hana
Good News and Bad for Blockchain and Crypto in South Korea
22.8.2019
There were mixed fortunes for cryptocurrency and blockchain enterprises in South Korea yesterday – with Kakao’s Ground X blockchain arm winning a second major banking partner, while government authorities yet again delayed making a key cryptocurrency ruling.
Woori, a financial firm that comprises...